Building panel



A. c. BUILDING PANEL July 4 1 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Pvz flue/7. 6 We/As MOI/MW Filed Oct. 7 1946 July 4, 1950 A. c. WELLS 2,513,977

BUILDING PANEL Filed Oct. 7. 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 4, 1951? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,513,977 BUILDING PANEL Alden 0. Wells, liansas City, Mo. Application October 7, 1946, Serial No. 701,639

2 Claims.

This invention relates to buildings of the character composed of a number of prefabricated units and pertains particularly to said units, each of which is composed of a number of shingles mounted upon a sheathing strip with a sheet of insulating material or vapor barrier.

One of the important objects of this invention is to provide a building panel capable of use as a portion of a building roof or side wall and having as a part thereof a sheathing strip upon which is mounted at least one course of shingles cooperatively assembled to allow the. panel to operably associate itself with proximal panels during the erection of the building.

Further objects of the invention, including the form, disposition and advantages arising from the use of the aforementioned sheet, will appear during the course of the following specification referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentray elevational view of a building wall composed of panels made in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 11-11 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary face view of one of the panels having two courses of shingles but without the sheet of insulating material or vapor barrier.

Fig. l is an edge elevational View of a fragment of a building roof composed of a number of units; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line V-V of Fig. 3.

The building panel chosen for illustration comprises a sheathing strip ID of a length agreeable to the distance between such building elements as the supporting rafters or studdin designated by the numeral l2. The length of sheathing strip It] should be such as to cause the ends thereof to position themselves at the approximate centers of the rafters or studding l2 as shown in Fig. 3. The sheathing I0 is chamfered along one longitudinal edge thereof to present a shoulder M and a downwardly and outwardly inclined face 16. One end of sheathing It] is beveled as at l8 for the purpose more fully hereinafter described.

Shingles 20 arranged in two courses are secured to sheathing In by nails or analogous means 22. The course of shingles immediately on top of sheathing I0 is spaced inwardly from the beveled end of sheathing it but projects beyond the opposite end of the sheathing It) as seen in Fig. 3. The uppermost course of shingle 20 overlies the shingles of the under-course and the ends of this upper course of shingles are disposed as clearly shown in Fig. 3. One end of the the other end of the course of shingles 2-0 is lo:- cated inwardly from both the end of sheathing i9 and the proximal end of the under-course of shingles :20. I

When the building panel is constructed at the factory, only the courses of shingles 20 and the sheathing strip I0 aresecured together for transportation. As application occurs, the sheathing i0 is nailed directly to rafters or studding l2 and another panel is brought into use by butting the sheathing It thereof against the end of the first: placed sheathing. When the subsequently placed panel is moved against the end of a positioned panel, having bevel I8 formed on its sheathing ID, the lowermost course of shingles will have its outwardly projecting portion in alignment with; the similar course-of the panel first placed. It is to facilitatethe movement of the end shingle of the under-course thereof onto the top of sheathing l0 that bevel I8 is provided. If the outwardly projected end shingle of one of the undercourses thereof should happen to curl slightly, bevel l8 will guide that shingle into the position shown in Fig. 5 where it will underlie the upper course of the firstplaced panel. When such is accomplished, nails 24 are brought into play and driven into either the rafter or studding I2 as the case may be.

When another panel is to be moved beside a previously mounted panel, the ends of the upper course of the later applied panel are moved beneath the portions of shingles 20 constituting the lower course of the previously mounted panel. As these upper-course shingles 20 are moved to position, their ends will enter the roove 26 formed by shoulder 14, inclined face It and the overlyin shingles 20. This groove 26, by virtue of the inclination of surface It, has an enlarged mouth and a groove of flaring characteristic functions to insure full and positive overlapping of the shingles comprising the two courses of adjacent panels.

The several panels needed to form a complete roof or side wall are interlocked along longitudinal edges and ends to affect an appreciable saving of time and labor at the point of building erection. No jamming will occur during the application of panel to the studding or rafters and matching joints are insured over the entire roof or wall area. Construction of the unit at the factory may be accomplished with equipment such as box nailing machines. When an eave line is to be formed, the lower course of shingles 3 may be cut back flush with the second course. Four or eight foot panels are desirable and, when so constructed, may be crated through the use of boarding material. This crating material in turn may be employed on the jolofor the sheathing of valleys, corners or other special places.

Insulating material or a vapor barrier in the form of sheet 30 is a part of the units shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The sheathing has its chamfered edgewithin the loop provided in sheet 30 when the marginal edge thereof is disposed between the upper face of sheathing l0 and the course of shingles next thereto.

against studding l2 and thence around the free ends of the other course of shingles Zlfand across the faces thereof as shown iniliigrm.

When the units are in place, that portion of. the sheet 30 overlying the faces of shingles 20" of the outer-course thereof, is covered by the shingles of the lower-course of the unit next adjoining. A snug fit between the -sheets of adjoining units-in groove--26 is--assurancethat a weatherproof, continuous -coveringof insulatingmaterial and vapor barrier is-present' whenthe units made as shown in Figs. 1 and-Z-areemployed.

Having thusdescribed the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured" by- Letters Patent is:

l. A building panel-comprising-an' elongated;

yond one longitudinal edgeof the strip, the lower course of shingles projecting transversely beyond the opposite longitudinal edgeof the strip, said courses of shinglesbeing relatively I offset, with said upper course "extending beyond one end" of elongated sheathing strip and a pair of overlap- This sheet 30" extends across the face of sheathing l0 th'atlies.

ping courses of shingles mounted on one face of thestrips and extending transversely thereof a and laterally beyond each longitudinal edge, said units being adapted for mounting on a support withthe. courses of shingles of each unit interleaved with the proximal course of shingles of adjacent'units; and a sheet of insulating material extending the entire length of each unit respectively, each'sheet of insulating*materiahextending from: a point of securement o1r-..said.'.:one:

face of its sheathing strip, into looped relation-;

ship to one longitud-i-nal edge of..its: sheathing; strip; thence across the v opposite. face.- of its. sheathing strip and 1 terminating. in: .secured..:-re1a.-

tionship to one of theznext'adjacent;units..,

ALDEN .C'.. WELLS.

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